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Famous Deaths In December - 31

Monday, 20 May 2013

1164 On this day in history death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)

1194 On this day in history death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)

1297 On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)

1302 Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on this day in history.

1382 Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on this day in history.

1384 John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on this day in history.

1424 On this day in history death of thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader

1460 On this day in history death of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443)

1510 Death of Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472) on this day in history.

1535 On this day in history death of william Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)

1568 Death of Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493) on this day in history.

1575 On this day in history death of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502)

1583 On this day in history thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies

1610 Death of Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540) on this day in history.

1616 On this day in history jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31

1647 Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on this day in history.

1650 Death of Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612) on this day in history.

1652 On this day in history frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies

1673 On this day in history death of oliver St John, English statesman and judge

1679 On this day in history death of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)

1691 On this day in history death of dudley North, English economist (b. 1641)

1719 John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 on this day in history.

1733 Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44 on this day in history.

1742 On this day in history death of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)

1775 Richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British on this day in history.

1799 On this day in history death of jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723)

1802 Francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89 on this day in history.

1809 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.

1818 On this day in history jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77

1848 Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.

1859 Luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.

1862 James Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.

1872 Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38 on this day in history.

1877 On this day in history alberto Mazzucato, composer, dies at 64

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1378 Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on this day in history.

1378 Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.

1491 Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.

1514 On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)

1540 Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on this day in history.

1572 Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.

1668 Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on this day in history.

1720 On this day in history birth of [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne